The F1 exploration droid was designed to accompany scouts into the field during their explorations of new planets[1] as a companion and protector.[2] Using their substantial sensor array, F1s were intended to alert the scout to any approaching lifeforms or vehicles that could cause potential harm to their owner. The droid could use their sensors to locate and potentially rescue a scout that was in danger, and use its grasping jaws to lift and drag them out of danger.[1]

F1 droids were favored by scouts exploring the frontier.[1] The scout Zeb used a pack of F1s during one of their earliest scouting missions. Zeb found that by tasking the droids with perimeter security, the scout could relax and use the time to analyze recon data without the fear of being ambushed by a local beast.[2]